{"id":25199,"date":"2025-10-21T12:20:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T11:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.borehamwoodfootballclub.co.uk\/?p=25199"},"modified":"2025-10-21T23:57:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T22:57:06","slug":"match-preview-york-city-a-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.borehamwoodfootballclub.co.uk\/match-preview-york-city-a-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Match preview: York City (A)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tomorrow, Luke Garrard\u2019s make the trip up north to lock horns with a York City outfit on the back of consecutive victories in their pursuit of promotion, kicking-off at 19:45.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><b>Last season for the Minstermen\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">A total of 96 points would normally be enough to secure the Enterprise National League title but due to Barnet&#8217;s persistent excellence throughout last term, York had to settle for a place in the play-offs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Finishing in second place meant they had a home fixture against Oldham Athletic, a fixture where they fell to a 3-0 defeat to the eventual winners of the play-offs.<\/p>\n<h3><b>One to watch\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">A ruthless striker who has already netted nine goals in 13 league appearances, Ollie Pearce will be looking to spearhead York&#8217;s promotion charge. The 30-year-old arrived in North Yorkshire ahead of the 2024\/25 season from Worthing, playing an integral role in their second-place finish having netted on 31 occasions in the National League.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Wood<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Our unbeaten run stretched to 16 games last time out thanks to a comfortable 2-0 win over Eastleigh thanks to second-half strikes from Abdul Abdulmalik and Lewis Richardson.<\/p>\n<p>This was our third clean sheet in a row following impressive 3-0 victories away from home at Yeovil Town and Eastbourne Borough, the latter in the Emirates FA Cup, which has set-up a First Round tie against Sky Bet League Two side Crawley Town next weekend.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Last time we met<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>It was honors even with the Minstermen in both clashes in the 2023\/24 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Dipo Akinyemi opened the scoring for York on 21 minutes before Lee Ndlovu equalised 12 minutes into the second-half. Although Quevin Castro restored the one-goal lead five minutes after the leveller, Ndlovu was on hand to ensure we headed back to Hertfordshire with a point with his brace.<\/p>\n<p>The reverse fixture was a 1-1 draw at the Mangata Developments Stadium Meadow Park &#8211; Chris Bush broken the deadlock with a stunning strike seven minutes from time but Adam Crookes&#8217; last-gasp strike meant the points were shared.<\/p>\n<h3>Pre-match interview<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"INTERVIEW | Luke Garrard pre - York City (A) | Enterprise National League | 20 October 2025\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s5B0Nqo6AHo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>Ticket information\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Ticket information can be found by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/yorkcityfootballclub.co.uk\/buy-tickets-away-supporters\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">clicking here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Can\u2019t join us tomorrow evening?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Follow all of the action from the LNER Community Stadium on the club\u2019s official social media channels, with live updates on both X and Instagram, available at @boreham_woodfc. 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